DrRachel Edgar

My lab investigates how cells and viruses interact so we can better understand infection susceptibility, virus replication and transmission. We focus on host osmotic and protein homeostasis, biomolecular condensates, circadian rhythms, inflammation and antiviral immunity. 

BIOGRAPHY

I studied Natural Sciences and then completed my PhD in herpesvirus biology at the University of Cambridge in 2011. I gained experience in circadian biology and neuroscience working as a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge Institute of Metabolic Science and as an Investigator Scientist at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. I was awarded a Royal Society – Wellcome  Sir Henry Dale Fellowship and established my lab at Imperial College in December 2017. In 2024 I joined the Francis Crick Institute as a seconded group leader and I was awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to further my lab's multidisciplinary research into host cell homeostasis and infectious disease.

 
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